Village of Wimille, near Boulogne (Village de Wimille, pres Boulogne)

Legros employed loose, scratchy lines to convey the textures of trees, waves, and sky, resulting in a rough, sketchy quality characteristic of etched works. Darker foreground elements contrast with softer, more delicate rendering of the distant village.

Legros, a French-born artist who became a naturalized British citizen in the 1860s, was instrumental in reviving etching in Britain, where he had settled in 1863.